But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

彼得就开口把这事挨次给他们讲解说：

彼得就开始把这事逐一向他们解释，说：

彼得就开始把这事逐一向他们解释，说：

彼得就把事情的经过一一向他们解释，说：

彼得就按着次序向他们讲解，说：

彼得就开始按着次序向他们讲解，说：

彼得就開口把這事挨次給他們講解說：

彼得就開始把這事逐一向他們解釋，說：

彼得就開始把這事逐一向他們解釋，說：

彼得就把事情的經過一一向他們解釋，說：

彼得就按著次序向他們講解，說：

彼得開始按着次序對他們敘陳說：

彼得就開始按著次序向他們講解，說：

彼得乃依次述其事、曰、

彼得述其事、曰、

彼得遂以此事、自始至終、按次第述之曰、

伯鐸祿即縷述其事之原委曰：

Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story:

Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story.

But Peter began and explained it to them in order:

Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.

Peter began to explain to them step by step,

But Peter began and explained at length to them in an orderly sequence, saying,

But Peter explained it to them in order from the beginning, saying:

But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,

Peter began to explain to them in an orderly sequence, saying:

But Peter rehearsed[ the matter] from the beginning, and expounded[ it] by order unto them, saying,

But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,

So it seemed good to me as well, because I have followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:“ El, God, the LORD! El, God, the LORD! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the LORD, don’t spare us today!If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the LORD by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the LORD himself will punish us.We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants,‘ What relationship do you have with the LORD God of Israel?The LORD made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the LORD.’ In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying the LORD.So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the LORD in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants,‘ You have no right to worship the LORD.’We said,‘ If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply,“ See the model of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD by turning back today from following after the LORD by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace aside from the altar of the LORD our God located in front of his dwelling place!”When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied.Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites,“ Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not disobeyed the LORD in this. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the LORD’s judgment.”

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.